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ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In 1966, several British adolescents were interviewed about their vision of the future (circa year...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

Creating a Golden Age of Schooling

A 2009 study found that students in the United States ranked 25th among 34 countries in math and science. Some cite this study...

These Days, Even The Fun Stuff Has An Edge To It

Way back in 1996, the makers of M&M's asked America to vote on a new color for their candy, resulting in a promotion...

Our Amusing Eccentricities

Little eccentricities of family members and friends are amusing and a sure way for us to remember them. When we laugh it is...

Coping With Different Family Thermostats

Weather is a fickle friend.  One day the sun bathes us with warmth, the next, we are cast into a cruel, shivering, bitter...

Of Silence and Solitude

Everyone has the experience, usually multiple times a day that if there is one more interruption, one more distraction, or another red light...

Taxation and Certainty

“In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes,” so said the sage of the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin.  It would be...